Poll on LitRPG Authors

Discussion in 'All Things LitRPG' started by Paul Bellow, Dec 6, 2017.

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Who do you think of when you hear LitRPG?

  1. Aleron Kong

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  2. Blaise Corvin

    3 vote(s)
    37.5%

  3. Travis Bagwell

    1 vote(s)
    12.5%

  4. D. Rus

    5 vote(s)
    62.5%

  5. V. Mahanenko

    2 vote(s)
    25.0%

  6. D. Mikhailov

    1 vote(s)
    12.5%

  7. Write-In Vote (See comment)

    2 vote(s)
    25.0%
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  1. Paul Bellow

    Paul Bellow Forum Game Master Staff Member LitRPG Author Shop Owner Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    Paul Bellow, Dec 6, 2017
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  2. FrustratedEgo

    FrustratedEgo Level 11 (Thief) LitRPG Author Roleplaying Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    I think of badly translated works from Korea and Japan...
     
    FrustratedEgo, Dec 6, 2017
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  3. Paul Bellow

    Paul Bellow Forum Game Master Staff Member LitRPG Author Shop Owner Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    I think of the Guardians of the Flame series. ;)
     
    Paul Bellow, Dec 6, 2017
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  4. Tom Gallier

    Tom Gallier Level 15 (Guardian) LitRPG Author Citizen

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    D. Rus. I can't recall now (Yeah, I'm getting older) if I read D. Rus or Kong first? For some reason, I think it was Rus. Someone told me he invented it, so...
     
    Tom Gallier, Dec 6, 2017
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  5. Paul Bellow

    Paul Bellow Forum Game Master Staff Member LitRPG Author Shop Owner Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    And... apologies for missing YOU and so many others in the options. I didn't want to spend too much time on this. The conversation is more than the poll, I think. ;)

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    Paul Bellow, Dec 6, 2017
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  6. Alexis Keane

    Alexis Keane Level 14 (Defender) Roleplaying Beta Reader Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    Write in comment, I think about a genre used by many authors that was popularised by Russian authors
     
    Alexis Keane, Dec 6, 2017
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    My original comment was more off the cuff, but as a serious answer - I don't think of specific authors at all. It's like asking what I think of when I hear Pepsi - I don't think of Pepsi, I think of soda and move on. I get the point of the poll though, and saw a few other posts suggesting this (one on the LitRPG Facebook before it got shut down) - hopefully it works.

    I can't really vote because I feel biased. I know Travis far better than I know Aleron.
     
    FrustratedEgo, Dec 6, 2017
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  8. Gryphon

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    The original LitRPG was written by Michael Scott in 1994-97 in Gemini Game a full 20 years eariler than D. Rus or Kong. It may even predate the Moonlight Sculptor.

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2535956.Gemini_Game
     
    Gryphon, Dec 6, 2017
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  9. Paul Bellow

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    I still say Guardians of the Flame should be on the list - even without stats.

    I know, I know... heresy!
     
    Paul Bellow, Dec 6, 2017
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  10. FrustratedEgo

    FrustratedEgo Level 11 (Thief) LitRPG Author Roleplaying Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    Kilobyteeeeeeee
     
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  11. Paul Bellow

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    Paul Bellow, Dec 6, 2017
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    Wow, a full three years before Gemini Game. I need to read this one.
     
    Gryphon, Dec 6, 2017
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